S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury assembles a team of heroes—Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Black Widow, and Hawkeye—to stop Loki. Loki, who wants to rule Earth, uses the Tesseract to open a portal for the alien Chitauri to invade New York City. The Avengers must overcome their own conflicts to fight the alien invasion.
